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The Leftovers Got a Second Life. The Herbs Came Too.

September 24, 2026

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Sometimes You Just Need Spaghetti and….Poptato!

Sometimes dinner does not need to make sense to anyone except the person eating it. Sometimes you want spaghetti. Sometimes you want potatoes. And sometimes McDonald’s chops crinkle-cut potatoes into adorable little pieces, puts them inside what looks suspiciously like a tiny pillow box, calls them Poptato , and suddenly regular fries have competition. At least in our house. Poptato is one of the newer additions to the McDonald’s Philippines menu, arriving around the same time as the Choco Lava Puff I recently tried . And unlike the Choco Lava Puff, which left my son and me somewhere around the hmmm, it’s okay territory, Poptato was an immediate hit. Someone Chopped Up the Fries I can almost imagine the product-development meeting. Someone looked at crinkle-cut fries and thought: What if we chopped these into tiny pieces? Then someone else presumably said: Put them in a cute box. Et voilà. A new product. 😂 Except it works. The pieces are tiny and irregular, with all those litt...

Baguio Country Club Cheese Bread

My sister went to Baguio, Ifugao, etc. last week. She brought home a bunch of goodies including this: It’s supposed to be a cheese bread but it’s filled with walnuts and dried fruit. It’s like a fruit cake inside. I didn’t like this. I like sweet and savory but this was just terrible. I like dried fruits as my grandma makes a mean fruitcake and she uses the same ingredients. I just didn’t appreciate this. It really tasted weird for me. The filling just does not go with the bread.

Lady E Reviews: Chef Nic's Spaghetti with Creamed Mushroom and Bacon Sauce

We went on a staycation in Binondo a few weeks back so that we can go shopping comfortably at nearby 168 Mall and Lucky Chinatown. After 168, we discovered a KKV branch at Lucky Chinatown Mall! I got a few things (photo at the bottom of this post), but one of the standouts is this spaghetti pack from Chef Nic.

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I'm a stay-at-home, homeschooling mom who loves to cook, study about health and well-being and to use food as medicine. I strongly believe that God created the human body to heal itself and food is one of the most powerful ingredients for perfect health. I have dramatically changed our diet and lifestyle and you will see those changes in my newer posts. I hope you will enjoy these recipes. Let's journey together towards perfect health. Cheers!

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